Murphy, Alexander Paterson
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Family name
Murphy
Given name(s)
Alexander Paterson
Initials
A.P.
Honorific
Sir
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Murphy A.P. : Medicine.Ch.M., 1916, University of SydneyMurphy A.P. : Medicine.M.B., 1916, University of SydneyMurphy A.P. : Medicine.M.D., 1947, University of SydneyMurphy A.P. : Medicine.F.R.A.C.P., 1954Murphy A.P. : Science.D.Sc (Hon), 1958, University of TasmaniaMurphy A.P. : Medicine.M.D. (Hons), 1967, University of Queensland
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Murphy A.P. : General Practitioner 11 Mar 1920 - Private Practice @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Specialist Physician 1928 - 1976 @ Ballow Chambers : Wickham Terrace [ QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Lecturer 1937 - University Of Queensland Medical School @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Senior Visiting Physician 1938 - Brisbane General Hospital @ Herston : Brisbane General Hospital [ QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Foundation Professor 1946 - 1950 University Of Queensland Medical School @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Cardiologist 1953 - Brisbane General Hospital @ Herston : Brisbane General Hospital [ QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Visiting Consultant in Cardiology and Medicine 1957 - 1962 South Brisbane Hospital @ South Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
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Murphy A.P. : Military and health.Enlisted 13 Mar 1917Murphy A.P. : Specific terms.Registered as Medical Practitioner QLD 11 Mar 1920 - @ Queensland [ QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Relationships.Married 8 Oct 1921 - @ St Luke's Anglican Church : Toowoomba [ QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Life.Lived at 1922 - @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Life.Lived at 1932 - 1937 @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Murphy A.P. : Specific terms.Appointed K.B.E. 1954Murphy A.P. : Specific terms.Retired 1962
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M.C., M.B., Ch.M., F.R.A.C.P. : Captain, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., England and France. Enlisting 13th March, 1917, and sailing 9th May with A.A.M.C. Reinforcements, served with Overseas Training Brigade, No. 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 12th Battn., 1st Divisional Engineers and until demobilisation, although wounded slightly at Chuignolles 24th August, 1918. Awarded M.C.* and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at Brisbane Grammar School. Later at St. Andrew's College. * For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Peronne from 23rd to 26th August, 1918, as R.M.O. of a battalion. He placed his aid post in a railway cutting, where he dressed the wounded of his own and other units, under machine-gun and shell fire. When all our wounded had been cleared he went out and attended to the enemy in the open; while doing so, a shell burst in their midst, killing his orderly, a stretcher-bearer and several wounded, and wounding him. He continued his work for another 24 hours before reporting for relief.
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St. Andrew's College, University of Sydney
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Murphy delivered the presidential address at the seventh session of the Australasian Medical Congress in 1950 and the Bancroft oration in 1954. He was a director of several companies, including the Brisbane Gas Co. Ltd (1942-71). ADB entry
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11202
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